M65 slip-road closed after car fire
FIREFIGHTERS were called to junction five of the M65 after a car caught on fire.
At 2.10pm, two crews from Blackburn attended the slip road near Rishton after a small car was alight.
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A fire service spokesman said: “The cause of the fire is unclear as it could have been a mechanical or electrical fault.
“No one was injured and no one was taken to hospital.”
A Highways England spokesman said the slip road is re-open after the earlier closure.
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